Kokova Magazine

The winners of the prestigious Golden Rum Barrel Awards, which took place at the glamorous Grange Hotel Holborn on Saturday 13th October, are now revealed with gongs going to categories such as Rum Distillery of the Year, UK Rum Ambassador of the Year and International Rum Ambassador of the Year. Celebrating its third successive year, the Golden Rum Barrel Awards is one of the only awards shows of its kind to recognise and pay tribute to the key figures working in the Rum trade.

Concluding Chocolate Week, Chocolate Unwrapped is the ultimate occasion for chocolate lovers and is the perfect opportunity for a spot of decadent indulgence. For two days chocolate lovers booked their ticket and popped into the London Film Museum in Covent Garden to find a treasure trove of chocolate makers, creators, suppliers and artistes!

Just recently we were earnestly encouraged to move away from the current trend of drinking copious amounts of coffee - and gently pleaded with to try and give tea back some of the attention it appears to have lost in recent years. So it is great news to hear that leading travel company Kuoni has joined forces with the recently re-launched East India Company, to bring alive the ancient art of tea drinking at two exciting customer events.

It is always a proud moment when a family business welcomes a new member - so welcoming a 6th generation family member must be a very special occasion. Since June 1847, five generations of the Booths family have led E.H. Booth & Co. Ltd from modest beginnings, with just one small shop in Blackpool, to the present day where the company trades 28 stores across Lancashire, Cumbria, Yorkshire and Greater Manchester and will open its 29th store in Milnthorpe in November. The family owned and operated Lancashire based retailer Booths now welcomes the 6th generation of Booth into the family business.

For most people The UK RumFest is the ultimate rum experience - for rum drinkers, rum aficionados and rum lovers to sample the music, the food, the partying and people associated with drinking rum. But this year was it more party than appreciation - and does the serious side of rum still have a place within the carnival atmosphere that was RumFest 2012...

When we were invited to attend Choc Tales, a pairing of chocolates and cocktails, we didn’t need much persuading to visit Dean Street for this première event, in celebration of Chocolate Week. And with Cocktail Week claiming the same calendar dates Choc Tales is the perfect way to honour both events.